Born Putney. Executed on Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII, while Henry married Katherine Howard, wife number 5.
Oliver Cromwell is descended from one of Thomas's sisters, whose husband changed his name to Cromwell.
Born Putney. Executed on Tower Hill by order of Henry VIII, while Henry married Katherine Howard, wife number 5.
Oliver Cromwell is descended from one of Thomas's sisters, whose husband changed his name to Cromwell.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Thomas Cromwell
Drapers' Hall On this site, once part of the Augustine Priory, Thomas Cromwel...
The fur collar, the cap . . . Surely this statue is the man in the Cromwell p...
The fur collar, the cap . . . Surely this statue is the man in the Cromwell p...
The plaque fails to explain why it is on this particular spot. Cromwell's fa...
{5 plaques, in total listing 27 names, each with their year of death, the fir...
The church website has done a very thorough job on the history not just of the memorial but the church and the area so we quote them here on the background to the martyrs: "In 1553 Queen Mary Tudor...
Soldier who fought in the Wars of the Roses. Born Lancashire. Originally a Yorkist, he switched sides and in 1485 fought at Bosworth Field for Tudor Henry VII, for which he was appointed Lord Cha...
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for her Protestant beliefs. Gentlewoman. Widow of John Warne, mother of Joan and a son. Taken at a prayer meeting.
Monk at London Charterhouse. Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death though there may have been a change of plan which meant he was fed for a while.
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